Tennessee - Case Law

532 S.W.3d 243 (Tenn. 2017), E2015-00941-SC-R11-CV, Harvey ex rel. Gladden v. Cumberland Trust and Investment Co.

State v. Decosimo, 082318 TNSC, E2017-00696-SC-R11-CD

In this case challenging the constitutionality of Tenn. Code Ann. 55-10-413(f), the Supreme Court held that the Defendant’s constitutional challenges failed. The statutory scheme at issue here imposes a fee upon persons convicted of certain drug and alcohol offenses when Tennessee Bureau of...

502 S.W.3d 102 (Tenn. 2016), M2015-00762-SC-R11-CV, Ms. Bowen ex rel. Doe v. Arnold

In 2013, William Arnold was convicted in a criminal trial of one count of aggravated sexual battery and three counts of rape of a child for his rape and molestation of John Doe N. In 2011, the child’s mother, Ms. Bowen, filed a civil suit against Arnold, certain Boys and Girls Clubs and certain Big ...

State v. Allen, 012920 TNSC, W2017-01118-SC-R11-CD

Burke v. Sparta Newspapers, Inc., 120519 TNSC, M2016-01065-SC-R11-CV

Keck v. Meek, 062818 TNCIV, E2017-01465-COA-R3-CV

564 S.W.3d 423 (Tenn. 2018), M2016-01716-SC-R11-CD, State v. Patterson

555 S.W.3d 494 (Tenn. 2018), E2017-00696-SC-R11-CD, State v. Decosimo

496 S.W.3d 653 (Tenn. 2016), E2012-01313-SC-DDT-DD, State v. Willis

Defendant was convicted of two counts of premeditated first-degree murder and one count of felony murder in the perpetration of a kidnapping. Defendant was sentenced to death on each conviction. The Court of Criminal Appeals upheld Defendant’s two convictions of first degree murder. The Supreme...

509 S.W.3d 156 (Tenn. 2016), E2013-00394-SC-DDT-DD, State v. Davidson

After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of multiple counts of first degree murder, especially aggravated robbery, especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape, and facilitation of aggravated rape. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s convictions...